The History of The Golden Thread
The Remedy
The Ten Tinctures
Wheat
Barley
Grape
Etrog (Citron)
Fig
Pomegranate
Olive
Date
Serpent
Multi-Tincture
Your Personal Remedy
Order

Etrog (Citron) corresponds to the three sefirot of conscious emotion in the heart, which are Generosity ( Chesed ), Discipline ( Gevurah ), and Beauty (Tiferet )*, and so it inherits the following attributes:

Etrog Left - Gevurah Etrog Center - Tiferet Etrog Right - Chesed

Body: Left shoulder, arm, and hand.
Kabbalistic Attribute : Boundary-setting, form-building, self-preserving force in the universe.

Emotional Expression : Discipline, awe, caution, aversion.
Mental Expression : Critical discernment.
Spiritual Expression : Awe of God and fear of the consequences of wrong action.

Etrog's Healing Correspondences - Gevurah
(When combined with Barley)

Balanced, Rectified, God-Centered Expression: Discrimination in giving so that one doesn't feed the forces that oppose God and good. Acting from fear of estranging oneself from God.

When Contaminated by Serpent (Ego) Consciousness: Selfish, miserly, unwilling to share one's resources with others. Acting from fear of social disapproval.

Pathological Expression: Avoidant Personality Disorder where the force of constriction and withdrawal is so overbalanced that it becomes crippling. ( Avoidant Personality Disorder is defined as a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.)

 

Too Much on the...

Too Little on the...

Emotional Plane: Selfish. Fearful of not having “enough,” (whether time, money, love, etc.). Ascetic. Anorexic. Engaging in self-denial to the extent that the boundary itself becomes the pleasure, instead of a means toward obtaining some higher, positive good (whether physical or spiritual).

Emotional Plane: No boundaries, always merging. Can't say no, but can't live up to commitments. Feeling resentful for giving too much.

Mental Plane: Always deciding that the next step in personal and spiritual development requires more self-constriction (rather than, perhaps, sometimes, the loosening of reins). Conservative to the point of strangling all growth.

Mental Plane: Lacking self-criticism. Impulsive.

Spiritual Plane: Fear-based relationship with God and religious practice, where one's primary motivation is the avoidance of “punishment.” Overly stringent.

Spiritual Plane: Insufficient drive and discipline to push beyond one's current comfort zone and to sustain a path of growth.


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